Musical Tales from Delos Being basic to mankind’s fundamental nature, the singing of stories has been universally practiced worldwide since time immemorial. But over the past Millennium, storytelling in song has evolved into more of an art form that continues to reflect all facets of elemental human spirit. For Sing Me a Story (DE 3533), Delos has…
Delos’ new Sing Me a Story: Musical Tales from Delos collection — available July 19, 2019 — celebrates music’s ability to touch our hearts and minds through the path of narrative texts. While love is the subject of several of these songs, the others evoke and examine an even wider range of human expression and…
Ralph Moore reviews Veronika Dzhioeva‘s new Ritorna Vincitor! recording with Constantine Orbelian and the Kaunas City Symphony on MusicWeb International: “She is the most exciting singer I have heard since the arrival of Dinara Alieva… my heart leapt when, even before she had sung a note, I heard the first words she spoke… Her enunciation…
Veronika Dzhioeva Sings Favorite Arias “What a gorgeous voice — like a Rolls-Royce — she must sing in the best theaters in the world!” —Dmitri Hvorostovsky Since graduating from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 2005, soprano Veronika Dzhioeva has become one of Russia’s leading singers, and is in great demand throughout Europe and abroad, regularly…
Rafael de Acha’s Music Notes blog calls Christopher Atzinger’s Piano Music of John Knowles Paine “Sheer Listening Joy” in a new review: “Leave it to DELOS to keep surprising us with music off the beaten path! … This is by and large music written heart-on-sleeve, of a time where cares were about the honestly essential, music in…
Our American patriotic month is the perfect time to shine the spotlight on our wonderful Great American Composers 6-CD Box set. These reflect the best of our American heritage — our spirit of freedom, respect for fellow human beings, and reverence for our natural environment. Get the box set for the low price of $19.98…
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Stephen Smoliar has a review for Cappella SF and Ragnar Bohlin’s Mass Transmission: Choral Works by Mason Bates recording on his blog, The Rehearsal Studio: “…the performance is expressively lush. [Mass Transmission] captures the spirit of nostalgia for those pioneering times with a clear-sighted account of how a new technology established the vanguard of a…
Composer John Knowles Paine (1839 – 1906)—also an acclaimed organist, choirmaster, pianist and pedagogue—is primarily known as the first American to earn recognition for his larger-scale symphonic and choral-orchestral works: music that has attracted renewed interest in recent decades. Of lesser renown are his choral, chamber and keyboard compositions. Recordings devoted to his beautifully crafted…
When I first moved to Riverdale, Maryland, in 2012, I was immediately enchanted by the beauty of the Riversdale House Museum. This wonderful house, built in 1806, seemed like the perfect location for a concert series. Within days I approached the director of the mansion about creating a performance series and I was delighted to…
Fanfare’s July/August 2019 issue will feature the following rave for Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli’s Continent’s End Song Cycle recording featuring Buffy Baggott and Kevin Korth: “Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli’s response to the texts is visceral; the sheer drama of the opening song, “Granite and Cypress,” with its tumultuous piano opening below the imperious voice (“White-maned, wide-throated, the heavy-shouldered children…
Opera News names Stephen Costello‘s A Te, O Cara recording with Constantine Orbelian and the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra a Critic’s Choice! “the tenor sounds better than ever on his latest album, featuring bel canto’s greatest hits. … Take, for example, the album’s opener, La Fille du Régiment’s ‘Ah! Mes amis.’ Costello does not reach for…
A recent announcement on the OPERAWIRE website revealed that the voice contest in the upcoming 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition (beginning June 17) will offer a special new prize in memory of legendary operatic baritone and Delos Artist Dmitri Hvorostovsky. The prize will include an award of $15,000 USD and a performance in the Russian city…
InfoDad reviews the new David Shifrin recording Spring Forward featuring works by Peter Schickele, Aaron Jay Kernis, and Richard Danielpour performed by the Miró Quartet, Jasper String Quartet, and Dover Quartet: “David Shifrin’s deeply felt and strong commitment to the new clarinet literature as well as more-classical clarinet works leads him again and again to…
“What defines a singer is not what he sings but how he sings it, and that includes not only the basic vocal equipment but the capacity to meet the demands of the vocal writing: endurance, range, volume, and cutting power. Add to that the musicianship, the ear for languages, and the stylistic flair expected from…
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